The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

| -Pastor-"Well. what did you young
people realize at your entertainment
Member of tia Committee-..We hav,
just realized that we are S25 OUT
Burlington Free Press
The California Legislature voted
$4,000 for the improvement of the
yosemite valley. New trails will be
opened and the mountain stream:
stocked with fish.
Among the rich of Japan it takes
three weeks to perform the marriage
ceremony, and the would-be groom is
kept under guard for fear he will get
discouraged and back out.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
"A green horn-Absinthe. An No
ton Race-Yankees. A regular corker
The negro minstrel Often tried but
never convicted-Lard. The wearing
of the green-A game of billiards.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The value of the cattle of this coun-
try is estimated By Commissioner Col
man at the large sum of 81, 200, 900. 900,
and he says the annual products of
th ,se animals are four times the yearly
earnings of all the railroads of the
country.
How strangely music affects met"
said venerable citizen the other day.
why, Il few evenings ago, when my
daughter was playing soft, dreamy
waltz on the piano, L stole up softly be-
hind her and .Well?' Pulled
away the stool. "-New Haren NeucS.
Walton Dwight. who died in 1873
at Binghamton, n. Y, had insurance
policies on his life amounting to $780,
900. The companies contested the
payment of these policies, alleging
fraud. Claims amounting to $105. 900
have now been settled by the payment
of $4,000.
According to the Boston Adrertiser.
the total number of sheep in the world
and their distribution are rs follows:
South America, 1OO,00O,0O0; Europe,
100000; Australasia. including New
Zealand, 77.O0O.O 900: Africa, 81, 1000, COO;
Asia, $4,000. 600; United States, $780,
900; Canada. 5000. 900; all other coun-
tries, 5000, 900, making total of 517,-
Coo, 600.
The infant class again: School
teacher-'Johnny, what is the second
letter of the alphabet" johnny
Don't know" Teacher-.'What flies
about the gardenT' Johnny-"Wheng'
Teacher-"In the summer" Johnny
20, know-mother after the hens y
ITd-BttS.
There is in the French savings
banks the sum of 1O0,OO0.O00 pounds
sterling. This alone shows what the
genius of the country is-economy.
These savings banks are patronized
only by workmen, servants and small
shOpkeepers- The peasant prefers in
vesting his savings in land and cattle.
Christian Union.
"A working man in Norfolk. Va,
fell about ten feet and injured his spine.
With some difficulty he went on with his
work for about eight months when he
became paralyzed and died. A post
mortem examination showed that he
had lived eight months with broken
neck, third eervical vertebra being
Observation-Disclosures Health Journal.
-Ice-water enemata are used with
success in the Birmingham General
Hospital in cases of collapse often seen
during diarrhea in young children. 1t
is claimed that one injection, two or
three ounces, is very soon followed by
sleep, and that. by the astrirgent effect
on the cOngested vessels Of the intes-
tines, the diarrhea is diminished. It is
further claimed that no depression or
other bad effect has resulted. Boston
Globe.
Recent surveys in the Pyrenees
prove that the Aran Valley is tributary
to the Garonne. and that south and
southeast of this valley are several
ranges nearly 10000 feet in height that
are not shown upon any map. But the
strangest discovery is that of lake.
the largest upon the northern slope of
the mountains, lying in gap between
two lines Of peaks, which. having been
from opposite sides. had
been considered IDENTICAL
National Tiew.
-Rowley Patterson. an amateur as
tronomer of Evansville, N. Y. has
settled q question about which there
has been much discussion. He asserts
that on the day of judgement the solar
system will be fused into glowing,
nebulous mass. The wicked will be
cast into this somewhat torrid environ
ment, and the good Will be transferred
to the planet Beulah. On this planet
the New Jerusalem. Is, 900 miles square,
is to be located. This planet. for econ
omical reasons, has not yet been formed,
as it will not be needed until after the
final judgement.-M. o. Times-Denl-
ocrGt.
On July 4. 1883, Herman Meyer. of
nineteen years old, was
terribly wounded by the bursting of
small cannon which he was firing. Six
pieces of metal were blown into his
body, all together weighing over four
ounces. One piece, which passed in
between the fifth and sixth ribs, could
not be found. He fingered between life
and death for over three years. Atlast
he passed from the bowels piece of
metal weighing three hundred and five
grains, which it was found had passed
entirely through the liver, and finally